Supervisory Economist

**Duties**:

- Conduct direct investment surveys.
- Communicate in person and in writing to explain economic data or topics or to resolve technical issues.
- Oversee the operations of the branch and to plan, direct, and review work performed by staff.

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- Applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
- U.S. Citizen
- Suitable for Federal employment.
- A one-year probationary period may be required.
- A supervisory probationary period may be required.
- Relocation expenses may not be paid.
- This is a NON-BARGAINING unit position.
- Relocation expenses may not be paid.

**Qualifications**:
**Minimum Education Requirement**:
**Basic Requirements**:

- **Degree**: economics, that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus.

or
- **Combination of education and experience**: courses equivalent to a major in economics, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

**Evaluation of Experience**:
Examples of qualifying experience include:

- individual economic research assignments requiring planning, information assembly, analysis and evaluation, conclusions and report preparation;
- supervisory or project coordination assignments involving a staff of professional economists, and requiring the evaluation and interpretation of economic information; or

AND

**Specialized Experience**: For the **Band V (GS-15)**, you must have one year of experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the **Band IV (GS-14)** in the Federal service. Experience for this position includes: conducting surveys, survey methodology, data collection, and statistical and econometric techniques; communicating or explaining economic data and resolving technical issues; leading and supervising projects and staff.

OR

**Education**:Education cannot be substituted at this band/grade level.**

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer.

**Additional information**:

- Benefits

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**How You Will Be Evaluated**:
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

The scored occupational questionnaire will evaluate you on the following competencies; please do not provide a separate written response:

- Customer Service
- Economics and Accounting
- Human Capital Management

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- Social Security Number (SSN)
- Date of Birth (DOB)
- Photos of yourself (**if included on your resume you will not be considered for this position**)
- Personal information: such as age, gender, religious affiliation, etc.
- Benefits

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- Required Documents

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- **Resume showing relevant experience; cover letter optional.** Your resume must list your educational and work experience including the dates (mm/dd/yy) of each employment along with the number of hours worked per week. Your resume may be used to validate your responses to the scored occupational questionnaire. Your resume should also indicate your citizenship and if you are registered with the Selective Service System if you are a male born after 12/31/59.
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